Refugee Support Recently I attended a talk by one of the founders of a relatively small charity called Refugee Support. As those of you who have read With Blood and Scars know, the novel…
Inside Poland interview Read Interview with BE Andre, whose Engaging Novel “With Blood and Scars” Paints a Portrait of Life Growing up as Pole in Post-War Britain. Whether the children of the post war refugee…
Polonia In London 1960s With Blood and Scars is set in Polish Manchester in 1966. Multi-cultural Britain at its best – this 1960s film shows how the Poles organised themselves in London and Scotland. Back in…
73rd anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Uprising Today – the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Uprising – at 5 o’clock all movement and traffic in Warsaw will stop. I was there at this time three years…
Poles in the UK: a Story of Friendship and Cooperation A super way to start my day. When Brin Best and Maria Żukowska asked me if I’d like ‘With Blood and Scars’ and the history of my family to be featured in…
Writer’s retreat in Poland Here I am in Poland at my glorious writer’s retreat as the sun is going down. When I wrote With Blood and Scars, I spent the time in a little hut by…
For those of you who are Polish speakers, here’s a little surprise and free gift – the first chapter of With Blood and Scars in Polish! I’m really pleased with it. Accurate and nuanced translation is such a tremendous skill. ROZDZIAŁ PIERWSZY DZIEŃ PIERWSZY: TERAZ Dziesięć linijek w Manchester Evening News – niewiele, nawet jak na jego krótkie…
Stories of Polish exile You could say I belong to several tribes. This, however, must be my overall favourite. These people, their parents, their grandparents provided me with the moving story of Polish exile in my…